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by agemroy » Sun Jul 13, 2008 7:10 am
The Prime Minister was so moved by the performance of the talented residents from the orphanage that he decided to offer them jobs as soon as they completed their education.

(A) from the orphanage that he decided to offer them jobs

(B) of the orphanage as to offer them jobs

(C) from the orphanage as to offer them jobs

(D) of the orphanage that he decided to offer them a job

(E) of the orphanage as to offer them a job

OA is B

Plz explain
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by Vignesh.4384 » Sun Jul 13, 2008 7:43 am
the proper idiom is "so ... as to"
this is in option B
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by reachac » Sun Jul 13, 2008 9:06 am
So X that Y is the correct idiom, but in D, job gotta be plural ie jobs....Im not 2 sure but the questions seems badly constructed, what is the source please?
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by Vignesh.4384 » Sun Jul 13, 2008 5:25 pm
Hi,

I said B because

"The Prime Minister ...talented residents" must be followed by "of" and not from. So eliminate A & C.

It cannot be D because it says "offer than a job" if it was "offer than a job each" may be it would have made more sense.

B is correct
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